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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — August 2007

Heroes and villains.

Alsford, Mike.
Baylor University Press, ©2006    158 p.    $24.95    P96
978-1-932792-92-8

Alsford (theology, U. of Greenwich, London) explores the notion of humanness in its manifestation as heroes and villains in comic books, movies, and other contemporary media. The criteria by which someone is defined as a hero or villain, he says, can provide insight into the values people consider important in defining what it means to be human. Distributed in the US by Hopkins Fulfillment Services. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Rhetoric, religion, and the civil rights movement, 1954-1965.

Ed. by Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon. (Studies in rhetoric and religion; 1)
Baylor University Press, ©2006    1002 p.    $44.95    E185
978-1-932792-54-6

For students of the Civil Rights Movement, religion, or rhetoric, the anthology presents the texts of 130 speeches during the 11 years. Some lesser known speeches by the better known figures are included, but the emphasis is on leaders and speeches that were important within the movement but not necessarily known to outside society. Each one is briefly introduced. Distributed in the US by Hopkins Fulfillment Services. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)